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26th February 2010, 13:06
Overnight, an impromptu riot at the University of California-Berkeley snowballed to include 300 students and resulted in flaming dumpsters, broken windows and dancing in the streets.
The Daily Californian (http://www.dailycal.org/article/108452/protesters_clash_with_police_at_uc_berkeley_after_ ) kept a timeline of the riot, which began as a small occupation of Durant Hall, a campus building, in acknowledgment of the state's Campus Action Day March 4. But by 2 a.m., the scene began to turn.
At 1:55 a.m., a dumpster appeared to be on fire in the middle of Telegraph Ave. An individual pushed the dumpster on its side as people appear to be dancing around and on top of it. At about 2:05 a.m., a fight appeared to have broken out in the middle of Telegraph Ave. and Durant Ave. Berkeley police responded to the scene, pushing people away south on Telegraph Ave.
Police appeared to be using batons to disperse people.
Protesters appeared to be throwing what appeared to be trash and buckets at police officers.
The Californian also reported that rioters threw what appeared to be glass jugs of wine at the police.
According to NBC Bay Area, (http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Violent-Protest-in-Berkeley.html) there were 25 police on the scene, although Berkeley police have disputed that number. A rioter told NBC Bay Area that event was a
"Real battle with cops, rioters winnin [sic]".
The blog Occupy California (http://occupyca.wordpress.com/) has more. The blog Reclaim UC (http://www.reclaimuc.org/why-durant-hall) has a statement on why the protesters chose to occupy Durant Hall
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/26/berkeley-riot-fire-destru_n_477877.html
http://occupyca.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/25473_340029445368_712160368_3659348_6836179_n.jpg ?w=450&h=600
The Daily Californian (http://www.dailycal.org/article/108452/protesters_clash_with_police_at_uc_berkeley_after_ ) kept a timeline of the riot, which began as a small occupation of Durant Hall, a campus building, in acknowledgment of the state's Campus Action Day March 4. But by 2 a.m., the scene began to turn.
At 1:55 a.m., a dumpster appeared to be on fire in the middle of Telegraph Ave. An individual pushed the dumpster on its side as people appear to be dancing around and on top of it. At about 2:05 a.m., a fight appeared to have broken out in the middle of Telegraph Ave. and Durant Ave. Berkeley police responded to the scene, pushing people away south on Telegraph Ave.
Police appeared to be using batons to disperse people.
Protesters appeared to be throwing what appeared to be trash and buckets at police officers.
The Californian also reported that rioters threw what appeared to be glass jugs of wine at the police.
According to NBC Bay Area, (http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Violent-Protest-in-Berkeley.html) there were 25 police on the scene, although Berkeley police have disputed that number. A rioter told NBC Bay Area that event was a
"Real battle with cops, rioters winnin [sic]".
The blog Occupy California (http://occupyca.wordpress.com/) has more. The blog Reclaim UC (http://www.reclaimuc.org/why-durant-hall) has a statement on why the protesters chose to occupy Durant Hall
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/26/berkeley-riot-fire-destru_n_477877.html
http://occupyca.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/25473_340029445368_712160368_3659348_6836179_n.jpg ?w=450&h=600